# Julien Denaes (slim)

> Julien Denaes is chief Strategy Officer at also overseeing engineering. Lens (Thought Industries) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Chief Strategy Officer, also overseeing engineering.

Julien Denaes joined Thought Industries as chief strategy officer in December 2025 and oversees its strategy and the whole engineering organisation.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliendenaes/

## What Julien builds

- [Lens (Thought Industries)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thought-industries-lens.md), graded E, 43.5/100, in Company knowledge & data catalogues. Lens, from Thought Industries, indexes a company's website, help centre, files, Zendesk articles and Academy courses into one knowledge layer. It answers customer questions through a website widget, a remote MCP server, a REST API and answer-engine files. Chief Strategy Officer, also overseeing engineering, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Barry Kelly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/barry-kelly/), Co-founder; CEO from 2013 until April 2024, then founder and board member
- [Irana Wasti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/irana-wasti/), Chief Executive Officer
- [Karishma Wadhwani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karishma-wadhwani/), Head of Product - AI & Monetization; Agentic Platform
- [Sarah Phoenix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sarah-phoenix/), Chief Product Officer

## Backed by

- [Luminate Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/luminate-capital-partners/)

## Questions

### Who is Julien Denaes?

Julien Denaes joined Thought Industries as chief strategy officer in December 2025 and oversees its strategy and the whole engineering organisation.

### What does Thought Industries, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Lens (Thought Industries) from Thought Industries, Inc..

### Who has invested in Thought Industries, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Luminate Capital Partners.

### How are Julien's tools graded?

Lens (Thought Industries) is graded E, 43.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/about-us/leadership-team/
- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/blog/thought-industries-launches-lens-and-unveils-customer-knowledge-ai-platform/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahptalis
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/karishmawadhwani
- https://www.thoughtindustries.com
- https://support.thoughtindustries.com/hc/en-us
- https://lens.thoughtindustries.com/
- https://support.thoughtindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404061896343-Premium-Live-Chat
- https://www.thoughtindustries.com/blog/thought-industries-promotes-robin-wadsworth-to-ceo/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.